Author: NAWRB
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Good Habits When Sleeping and Waking Up
A demanding job, the commute, after-work errands or maybe even dropping off and picking up kids from soccer practice can leave you drained after a long day. Often times however, exhaustion and the need for a nap creep in during the day, much earlier than anticipated and without warrant. The solution isn’t an energy drink…
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Nominations Now Open for NAWRB 2016 Roaring Twenty Awards!
Our Roaring Twenty Awards Gala on August 31, 2016 will honor housing’s leading women who embody the spirit of revolution and progress of the 1920s!
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Creating a Culture in a Virtual Company
Working from home has grown significantly in prevalence during the last decade. Innovative employment ideologies, companies with flexible schedules and advances in technology have all helped make going into the office increasingly optional.
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Four Tips to Take Care of Yourself at Work
Working takes a lot out of you. Not allowing yourself enough time to recharge affects your entire week and may prevent you from enjoying your days off. And what is the point of working if we cannot enjoy the fruits of our labor?
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A Woman on the $20
After months of drama and back-and-forth, the Department of Treasury is expected to announce this afternoon that Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist and supporter of women’s suffrage who freed over 300 slaves through the Underground Railroad from 1849 to 1860, will replace Andrew Jackson on the new $20 bill.
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Minority and Women Inclusion 2016
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) has grown in prevalence in recent years, most significantly with the 2011 establishment of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) for regulated entities. The most pivotal aspect of this movement is accountability, to ensure that diversity work is actually being conducted and not just discussed. Entities—most recently the Consumer…
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The Buying Power of Asian Americans
The housing market has been turbulent for the past decade, but 2016 has started with a positive trend. According to the Nationwide Economics’ Health of Housing Markets (HoHM) Report, the Leading Index of Healthy Housing Markets (LIHHM) for the third quarter of 2015 was higher than 100, their neutral number, and this typically designates a healthy…
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Equal Pay Day
This year April 12 marks Equal Pay Day, a day representing how far into the new year women have to work to earn the same amount of money men did the previous year. Almost three-and-a-half months into 2016 women finally equaled men’s 2015 earnings, due to the pervasive 27 percent gender pay gap that sees…
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HISPANIC WOMEN ARE THE KEY TO HISPANIC BUYING POWER
As Hispanics continue to thrive—in education, career, resources, representation—their access to capital and buying power will increase accordingly and their purchases will have a significant impact on the economy, not the least of which will be the purchase of a home. It is crucial to learn the best ways to serve Hispanic homebuyers, not only…
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Women in Business: Real Estate & Microloans
NAWRB CEO Desiree Patno and NAWRB member Irma Delgado-Trikas discuss the changing real estate terrain and the state of small businesses. From the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) programs to the usefulness of microloans, our video provides an informative overview of what it means to be a small business owner today.